Defence Spending

Debate between John Baron and Rosie Winterton

Wednesday 24th April 2024 Commons Chamber

[Madam Deputy Speaker (Dame Rosie Winterton)]

Order. I am anxious to ensure that all colleagues get in, but I urge brief questions so that the Secretary of State can give brief answers.

[Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay) (Con)]

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker.

I chair the 1922 defence committee, and the Secretary of State will know from Prime Minister’s questions that the whole Conservative party welcomes this announcement, but may I suggest that the message from the Government would carry so much greater resonance globally if the official Opposition also signed up to it? I am a former member of the armed forces, so I can assure him that the country speaking as a whole—the official Opposition and the Government together—carries much greater weight internationally for the good of the country.

Points of Order

Debate between John Baron and Rosie Winterton

Tuesday 14th September 2021 Commons Chamber

[Madam Deputy Speaker]

The powers that be. That is how it works. The House has the option to reject the motion if it does not like it.

[Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay) (Con)]

Further to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker.

[Madam Deputy Speaker]

I will take the further point of order, but I must say that we do need to move on.

[Mr Baron]

Very briefly, Madam Deputy Speaker, is there anything that Mr Speaker can do about extending the time that Parliament has to scrutinise this important legislation today? We are raising tens of billions of pounds for a social care reform of which Parliament has had no opportunity to scrutinise the details. In fact, I am not even sure that the details have been supplied. That is the wrong way of going about business in this place and it does not reflect well on us here.